IBM Global Procurement purchases goods and services through three major areas: General Procurement, Systems Production Procurement and Technology Group Procurement.
Business services
Consulting/professional services performed in the areas of business consulting, market intelligence, education, and Human Resources benefit and support programs.
Complementary workforce services
All services that primarily require administrative or clerical activities to be performed by a contractor such as temporary staffing for call centers, mail rooms, reproduction services, graphics, drafting or other temporary administrative services.
Connectivity
All networking hardware and services including networked storage and wireless LAN, copper and fiber optic cabling materials and installation services, telephone hardware and services, and uninterruptible power supplies.
Facilities maintenance, design and construction
The Facilities Maintenance, Design and Construction Council is chartered with establishing a global strategy and the resulting supplier relationships to fulfill requirements within IBM internal for the following:
- maintenance includes all services and/or supplies that are used to maintain the appearance, safety or environmental standards of a facility.
- design and construction includes services and/or supplies associated with the rearrangement and construction of a facility.
- furniture includes the services and/or suppliers associated with the rental, purchase, installation, maintenance and repair of all furniture within a facility.
Facilities services and operating supplies
Facilities Services and Operating Supplies Council consists of the following commodities: Cafeteria, Environmental, Office Supplies, Security and Utilities.
Global information technology (IT) equipment
Computer equipment and services (i.e. PCs, data processing equipment, LAN servers, printers, scanners related accessories and peripherals). Networking equipment and services (i.e. routers, switches, hubs, modems, wireless WAN equipment). Voice equipment and services (i.e. PBX, ACD, sets, adjunct equipment). Services related to computer equipment, networking equipment and voice equipment.
Hardware maintenance and services
All sourcing of hardware maintenance agreements, whole unit repairs, and related services for the following products: mobile, personal computers, point-of-sale, ATMs, servers, mainframes, midrange, storage devices and associated peripherals.
Marketing communications
Services in support of internal and external communications, marketing and advertising such as guest speakers, entertainment, public relations, video production graphic design for media presentations, advertising, awards/gifts, promotional items with the IBM logo, article writing, meeting/event coordination and trade shows.)
Print services
Print services include multicolor printing, brochures, pamphlets, catalogs, annual report printing, printed graphics, all web and sheet-fed offset printing (1&2 color documentation, multicolor marketing material, forms, labels, packaging and catalogs), digital/xerographic (POD or bulk copy 1
color pubs and short run 4 color marketing material), CDs and all paper used in the production of printed material.
Software
- Commercial established catalog software to be used on PC/Work station, midrange or mainframe systems for both internal use and resale. This does not include any programming or modifications on the existing off-the-shelf software.
- Develop the procurement/acquisition of software which is not generally available, and which is either expressly developed for IBM or is licensed to IBM, for incorporation into IBM's products, services or solution offerings.
Telecommunications
Local and long distance phone services (including data traffic), audio and video conferencing, pagers, cellular phones, calling cards.
Travel
All business travel services. Regional contacts include airlines, automobile rental, hotels, purchase cards, travel agency services and travel charge cards.
US Technical services
All temporary technical services performed by a contractor to satisfy current and future business requirements. This includes all contract programmers and engineering design consultants such as programmers, engineers, customer engineers, field marketing support, technical writing, systems engineers, systems analysts and systems help desk support.
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Actives/optics/passives
Active, Optic, Passive (AOP) electronic components used in the production of IBM hardware. Some examples of AOP components are: resistors, capacitors, fiber optics, diodes, transistors, oscillators, crystals, and rectifiers.
Interconnect
Cables, connectors and harnesses used in the production of IBM hardware.
Electronic card assembly and test (ECAT)
ECAT is the compilation of various electronic components that when integrated on a printed circuit card make a sub assembly which performs specific functions in a higher level assembly or finished product. The functionality may include logic, memory and features.
Keyboards/mice
The purchase of complete keyboard/mice units.
Liquid crystal displays (LCDs)
Complete LCD units
Logic - CPU, core logic chipsets and graphics
Microprocessors and logic semiconductor electronic components including X86/CISC processors, power PC/RISC processors, core logic, graphics chips, video chips and super I/O.
Logic - standard and custom
Microprocessors and logic semiconductor electronic components including microcontrollers, MPUs, clocks, DSP, network products, peripherals/controllers, ASICs, PLD/FPGA, linears and VTL.
Mechanicals: fabricated metals and plastics
Fabricated metal componentry ranging in scope from individual parts to high-level integrated mechanical packages. Plastics include resin purchases and plastic processed parts.
Memory
Memory units and modules including DRAMs, SRAMs, and EPROMs.
Monitors
Video monitor units.
OEM box assemblies
Turn-key IBM logo solutions (whole computer units, high-end DASD units.)
Packaging
Products/services used for the protection of products such as corrugated boxes, cushions, foam, and tape.
Power and thermal devices
Power supplies of various types such as uninterruptible power supplies and fans and blowers.
Printed circuit boards
Printed circuit cards and boards used in electronic assemblies.
Storage
Electromechanical storage units such as hard drives, optical drives, floppy/enhanced floppy drives, and CDROM drives.
Tapes/media
Magnetic media such as tape drives and blank magnetic tapes.
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Chemicals, gas and raw materials
Gases, liquids, and raw materials used for all purposes except cleaning. Some examples are: lubricants, acids, etchants, nitrogen, grease, oil, chemical coolant, photoresist, algaecides, biosides, solvents, flux, polyimid film, gold, palladium, copper, resin, solder, wire, abrasives, titanium, metal and ceramic powders.
Manufacturing equipment build to spec
All capital equipment required for manufacturing such as: Integrated assembly tools, ion beam milling tools, thin film sputtering tools, wafer plating tools, test and measurement equipment, robotics, laser equipment, ultrasonic cleaners, parts washers, inspection equipment, microscopes, machine tools, lathes, mills, presses, saws chambers, oven material handling equipment (forklifts, trucks, hoists, conveyors, etc.).
Build to Specification parts such as: Non-product parts & sub-assemblies designed and fabricated from an IBM drawing (e.g. fixtures, equipment spares, shipping trays and containers, jigs, dies, pallets and machine shop services). Process related equipment for IBM, including test, process, material handling equipment, and custom fabricated parts.
Microelectronics division technology
Photomasks, wafer fab, wafer bumping, chip carriers, and bond assembly test (BAT) services used by IBM.
Silicon wafers
Raw, unpopulated silicon wafers.
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